57 Globe Road, London E1 4DY
LON/00BG/HMF/2023/0077 · Tower Hamlets · decided 29 Nov 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,030 per applicant on average; £12,120 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 40%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £500 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
respect of a period must not exceed— (a)the rent paid in respect of that period, less (b)any relevant award of universal credit paid (to any person) in respect of rent under the tenancy during that period. … The second respondent told the tribunal the Flat was mortgage free as he had borrowed a lump sum from his relatives to pay off the remaining mortgage, after he decided to resign from his paid employment in Southwark to go and look after his mother abroad due to her age and ill- health. Reasons for the tribunal’s decision. In reaching its decision the tribunal took into account all of the oral and documentary evidence provided to the tribunal by the applicants in the form of a 150 (electronic) page bundle and by the respondents in a hearing bundle of 140 (electronic) pages. … Consequently and in view of the respondents’ admissions as the occupancy of the applicants and their payment of rent as well as the applicants oral and documentary evidence, the tribunal finds the applicants have proved the respondents have committed the alleged offence pursuant to section 72(1) of the Housing Act 2004. …
An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.
The original
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